--- title: "Washing machine bearing & drum repair cost" description: "Miele washing machine bearing and drum repair cost: the largest laundry figure on this site and the one with a real decision in it." url: "https://mielemiami.support/repair-cost/washing-machine-bearing-and-drum-repair/" date_modified: "2026-08-22" --- # Miele washing machine bearing & drum repair cost ### The one place we say no There are machines where this repair is not worth its cost, and on those you get the reasoning rather than the work. The twenty-year design life is what usually makes it worth doing; a machine that has had it done already is what usually makes it not. ### Caught early it stays this figure A bearing run to failure can take the drum and the shaft. That is the version where the sums stop working, and it is avoidable by acting on the noise. What moves this figure Bearing set $400–$900 depending on the machine Cheaper causes of the same noise excluded first A straight answer on whether to do it at all What else is worn Shock absorbers, a counterweight fixing or something loose in the drum make the same noise for a fraction of this. They are excluded before anything is quoted. The machine's history A first bearing on a ten-year machine and a second on a fifteen-year one are different decisions, and the sums are shown either way. A stacked column or a tight closet adds real time to a job that already involves the machine coming largely apart. The one place we say no There are machines where this repair is not worth its cost, and on those you get the reasoning rather than the work. The twenty-year design life is what usually makes it worth doing; a machine that has had it done already is what usually makes it not. Caught early it stays this figure A bearing run to failure can take the drum and the shaft. That is the version where the sums stop working, and it is avoidable by acting on the noise. ### Is it cheaper to buy a new machine? Compared with an equivalent machine, usually not — and that comparison is the honest one rather than against the cheapest washer on the market. You get both numbers. ### Could the noise be something cheap? Yes, and it is checked. Transit bolts, feet, shock absorbers and loose objects all make serious noises for a fraction of this figure. --- **[Read full article: Washing machine bearing & drum repair cost](https://mielemiami.support/repair-cost/washing-machine-bearing-and-drum-repair/)**